Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues A Mixing of Sci-fiction and horror styles this picture was made as an original idea, instead to give right answers which you didn't find it here,the director developed the plot without a propper adviser to share wth him according such interesting matters, in USA has today a plenty of studies post mortem or almost dead serious survey that could helped such production,nonetheless Joel Schumacher chose a shortcut as a simply entertainment only and became a death experience is a silly redemption cases of guilty.....simpleton approach about beyond the grave!!!Resume:First watch: 1994 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7

B.J. Rice OK this movie is not brilliant and it is no Citizen Kane but that's fine and I don't care. It was really entertaining and scary and original. The remake is kind of a turkey but this one had a great cast and was just really fun to watch, especially with friends. Seriously look at how famous the main cast are now! Kiefer Sutherland is great in this, and I loved Platt too.

lucienstephens I watched this movie yesterday evening after I had seen it lurking on a charity shop shelf early that day. I cannot believe I have never seen it. This movie is everything I want a good thriller to be like, its intriguing, its gripping, and the plot and story is so interesting that it has left me still thinking about it the next day. I love movies that keep you you thinking and working things out days after watching it. The movies unique story line focuses primarily on life after death. this topic works so well into a movie because no one actually knows what happens after death. It mixes in messages of Karma, unfinished business to create a haunting and intense atmosphere. My only con is that it could have all been sown together a little better and potentially been a little more stylised. But who am I kidding this movie was made in 1990 which leads me on to my next point that this movie is timeless and will be continually hated for years to come.

Alyssa Black (Aly200) while Joel Schumacher might be more of a joke as a director, but back in the 1980s and early 1990s Schumacher was on top of his game. Assembling a group of talented actors in a taut and gripping supernatural film, this film is often overlooked in the stars' and director's filmographies. "Flatliners" tells the story of four medical students who decide to experiment with playing God when one student wishes to explore the concept of "life after death". What results in a frightening nightmare that brings three of the students' darkest secrets to the surface and forcing them to confront their flawed humanity and the ethical dilemma of what they are doing.Keifer Sutherland leads the charge as the arrogant and seemingly unhinged Nelson Wright. Sutherland plays the character with trademark cockiness and debonair manner in the way that only the actor can deliver. Nelson tries to act calm and collected until his dark murderous secret begins to eat away at Neslon's psyche, sending Nelson into a downward spiral that could end in his demise.Complimenting Sutherland's brash Nelson are the secretly traumatized Rachel Mannus played with subtle grace by Julia Roberts at the beginning of her stardom, the morally just but soon corrupted Randy Steckle played by Oliver Platt who tries to be the moral center and fails to do so, the playboy member of the team Joe Hurley played by the lesser known Baldwin brother, William, and then the film's actual moral center who tries to end the madness but can't convince anyone to listen, David Labraccio, played by the wonderfully talented Kevin Bacon. Each character balances the narrative with their own dark secret in their lives though we never learn the background of Platt's Steckle, but the trauma Rachel had endured is truly heartbreaking and relatable in its effect on her guilt. The concept of 'playing God' has been a staple of science-fiction and the sci-fi horror genre ever since Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was published in 1818 and its subsequent film adaptations. In this film, instead of using body parts and reanimating a corpse the filmmakers choose to have the students as living human guinea pigs. You hold your breath as each of them (except for Oliver Platt's Randy Steckle) tempt permanent death when they go under the procedure especially during the film's terrifying climax. The film makes us question whether medical science should try to experiment with the aftermath especially if a person would have to confront their traumas or try to understand what might await after leaving the Earth.